The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-17 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE 'MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) [Morning Chronicle.] It appears very certain that important dispatches have been received by Government front Spain ; bin the greatest mystery is observed.' A Cabinet Council, it is understood, has been ordered to attend the Prince at Brighton. Of course, the receipt of the dispatches, and the portentous para graph of Tuesday evening, have given rise to va rious reports. One, yesterday discussed in a circle known to possess correct channels of information, wa., that a general and simultaneous revolt had nken out ; that the soldiers of the line, sent to oppose the Guerillas, had joined and made com mon cause with them, and were actually march ing on Madrid, from whence the Royal Family and Sir Henry Wellesley, it is added, had 11,11 and taken refuge in the Escurial. Catalonia, Ga and Biscay were supposed to he the pro vinces in most general revolt. Of course, we give the above as a mere report ; we canno vouch for its truth, but we can pledge out selves that it comes from a quarter entitled to every at tention. As we yesterday stated, no fresh com munications front Spain have reached us, though we have been long prepared for something•of the taillosl importance from that country. Some of the Journals have copied from aWeekly Parer, a statement respecting an alleged default of a Public Officer, in one of our ceded Colonies, which is altogether erroneous and exaggerated. The deficiency has been stated to be 70,0001. The fact is, that atter a thorough and minute investi gation of the accounts of the Treasury, at. the Mauritius, by a Committee of Inquiry, consisting of the Deputy Sect etary, Mr. Blaine, the Auditor- General, Mr.Dielt, and the Civil Paymaster, Capt. Webster, the actual deficit does not exceed 90001. `The bead of the department alleges, that he had placed too libetal a co II fidence in his Chief Clerk, of which he is now the victim. The disclosure was fit st made by the latter to the Government, and in a few days afterwards the unhappy man put a pet tot' to Ilk existence. We have reason to believe that the Sect etary for the Colonies laid the tuansactiots before the Law Officers of the Crown, who have considered it as a case wholly of a civil character.— (Ibid.) [ The Times.] The affairs of Spain, which it would have been didicelt for the most eminent talents to have re duced to order, after the retreat of the French, have certainly, by the course, or rather courses of administration which base been pursued, become gradually more and more embroiled, till, at last, what has been called " a crisis is said to be.at the point of taking place." For our own part, we think that many crises have already occurred, but Iron' none of which has the State emerged into any thing like convalescence. the national .parties, which, as in all cases of civil dissension, •may be distributed compendiously into the op -ptessors and the oppressed, must also, we find, .be added the English and Russian factions; •clashing, wherever they can, against each other with great bitterness. If any proof were want ing of He feeble state of the Spanish Govern ment, its submitting to be thus torn by foreign in terests would he of itself .couclusive. Wete any good likely to result to the kingdom of Spain from such interference, we might recommend and pressit; .but as it now only evidently adds to the.coninsion, we canitot help thinking that what the Government :of Spain cannot prevent through weakness, the -ether .two Governments nmitioned should sus pend or withdraw (rain humanity. With respect •to the crisis, or grand - crisis talked of, it is not improbable that such may take place : fierce' and impunity ebuiliions, however, do not make a pzrt of for national character of the Spaniards und.we should therefore even still be more dis posed to expect a gi adually increasing opposition to, than a sudden assault upon, the existing sys arm, if it may be thought worthy of that name.— Twelve .thousand of the best families are said to be in .a state of exile : this, if true, is a proof that the meditated changes of the State have not been in the hands of those who, when inflamed, are but too powerful to destroy, though they are wholly incompetent to fecal order or public good out of the destruction. [Morning Herald ] IVe yesterday stated that some additions were to he made to Carlton-house. We understand that the roof is to be taken otf, and the walls are• to be raised a story higher : and the house, as it will then stand, will form the centre of a palace, upon a magnificent scale, to be built at a future period. The Prince Regent is desirous to incur as little public expence, at present, as possible; and therefore the additional buildings are deter red. When they are about •to he begun, IVar vvick-house, Warwick -street, and the whole of the houses from the Haymarket. to Califon-house, are to be pulled down ; and on the other side, the Red-house, IVIr. Phillips's house, with some others, so 85 to obtain sufficient space to render the ►rings , of the ❑ew Palace uniform. Such, we understand, are the outlines of the plan in agita tion. It was ascertained on the first time of his Majt4ty's State coach, with the cream-coloured hones, entering the yard, that there was not sof fitieut room for them to turn round. In co►nse rjuence of this, the Prince Regent, on all State occasions, in going to Parliament, has been obliged to go to St. James's Palace to get into the State carriage. According to the plan now in view, a larger court-yard will be formed before each of the .new wings, as these will extend in a alop;r►g form to tite rear. The weather during the last two or three days lots hero so severe, as to make us recollect that we are tar advanced in the wintry mouth of De cember. " A strong proof, however, of its previ- ous niihincss was yesterday exhibited on West minstcr-hridge, where a countryman was stand ing with a considerable quantity of hawthorn in ion bloom, and was offering slips of it at Gd. a piece-to the various passengers. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors 01 East. India Stork was yesterday hell at the Com pany's House in Leaden4ll-street: Ou the motion of the/Chairman, JOHN PATTI SON, ESlJseconded by the Deputy-Chairman, CANIPI3O.L NIAJoRIBANKS, Esq., a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the I Rh instant, de claring a Dividend of Five and a quarter per Cent. on the Contpany's General Stock, was agreed to. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—(I2tII time), Brutus-: Lu cius Junius; Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, .Mrs; V,'. West. lAtter which, Is He Alice? THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDENT.—The Clandestine Mar riage : Lord Oglehy, Mr. Farren ; Miss Strling, Mr 4. C. Keinble. After which, The Critic. TO CORIIESPONDENTS. A MERCHANT of BnlsTor., To-morrow. For TASTE,—SCRUTATOII,—and Si7oN,—see the First Page. PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT r STOCKS 'ELVE &CLOCK. Bank Stock 2611.! ! frith 5 per Cent.........10f3i 3 per Cent. Red. ..77iii India Bonds: ..... 795. 775. pr. 3% per Cent, .. Stik Exch. Bills, 2d...115. Itii. Bs. 4 per Cents 9414 13s. pr. Bank L. Ann 9O Cons. for Account..7Biiiiii . ____ MAILS. • ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 1 IVaterford, 1 France, 1 Lisbon. DUE-1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 . Sweden, 1 Ilawburgh. HIGH 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 30 ininutes after 5. I Evening, 55 minutes after 5. THE SUN. OLEM QUIS nXCERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TRUBSDAY, DECEMBER 17, ISIS. PENSIONS. The CHAIRMAN acquainte►l the Conn that it was made Special, for the purpose of laying be fore the Proprietors for their approbatioo, a Re solution of the Court of Directors, of the 24th tilt., granting to William l'Vebber Doveton, Esq , late of the St. Helena Establishment, a pension of 8001. per annum ; subject to the confirmation of another General Court. Mr, Ilumit did licit mean to oppose the grant to Mr. Doveton, in agreeing to which he con ceived the Court of Directors had evinced a sound discretion. It was not, however, cus tomary to grant pensions to their civil servants ; and, in his opinion, the Resolution ought to con tain some words to guard against its being drawn into a precedent. Mr. Lo►eNDES concurred iu tbis opinion. Air. JACKSON also thought that the Resolution should be so ►worded as to meet the danger appre hended by his Hon. Friend, and ►with that vie►;•, he moved an amendment to prevent the present instance lrom being acted on hereafter as a prece dent. Alter some feW observations from Mr. Dixon, the Chairman, and Mr. Grant, the amendment was put and negatived by a large majority. The original motion was then carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN HMI stated, that the Court was made further special, in consequence of a letter addressed by certain Proprietors to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, giving notice of their in tention to submit a Resolutiim to the Court, re lative to Mr. 11 udlestou's case. The Resolutions n2,reed to in a Court of Pro prietors, on the 17th of June, when Mr. lindle ston's case Was under discussion), were read. MR. HUDI.ESTON AND COLONEL WILES. Mr. R. jAcKsoN then rose, and, in a. speech of considerable length and great ability, took a view of the eircumsunices.relarive to Mr. Hud leston, contained in Colonel Vilks's Sketches of the South of India, and demonstrated that the imputations there cast upon him and the late Sir George Staunton were without founda tion. Mr. Hudleston, Sir George Staunton, ,and Mr. Sadlier, had been appointed in the year 1785, thirty-three years ago, to negociate a peace with Tippoo Saib, and the charge against Mr. Hudleston and Sir George Staunton was, that they, alarmed for their personal safety, had formed a plan to escape on board a vessel lying in Mangalore Ronda, leaving behind them their bag gage, retinue, &c. This statement, Mr. Jackson, by reference to various documents, particularly the Report of the Madras Government on the subject, signed by Lord Maeartney, and also by Mr. Sad lier, one of the parties sho was to have been abandoned, proved to be unfounded. The Learned Gentleman .concluded by moving, Resolved, "'That this Court having duly considered a let ter from John Ilsidleston, Esq. tine of the Directors of this Company, dated :31st May last, with the documents accom panying the same, are - of opinion that Mr. lindleston is folly entitled to a continuation of that confidence which the Pro prietors have so long placed in him." Mr. Hoxia expressed his perfect concurrence in all that had fallen from his Learned Friend. He justified himself in having first brought this sub ject before the Court, and in so doing disclaimed all improper motives. At► Hon. Director had im p►►red malignity to him, in introducing the sub ject, but he harboured no such base feeling. It was the mystery which hung over the business that rendered it necessary to investigate it.— Wherever mystery appeared, suspicion would be excited ; and he could not help noticing that of late every office in that House had been shut against him when be called for information. Mr. GRANT denied that be had ever imputed malignity to the Hon. Proprietor, he CHAIRMAN admitted that certain docu ments had been refused to the Hon. Proprietor, because they were of such a nature as would not justify their being communicated to him. He disclaimed the imputation cast against the Direc tors, that they acted mysteriously. Mr. TWINING regretted that such an historian as Col. Wilke had mistaken a mere tale for an historical fact : justice would now, however, be done to Mr. Hudlestone ; and he hoped care would be taken that the antidote should go out with the poison. Mr. LOWNDES spoke in support of the Reso lution. General MACAULEY agreed cordially in the vote to which the Proprietors were about to come, he had no doubt unanimously. Mr. WEYLAND and Mr. S. DIXON also stated the great pleasure they experienced in witnessing the full measure of justice which was about to be dealt out to Mr. Hudlestone. The motion was then put from the Chair, and carried in the affirmative unanimously. The Court then adjourned sine die. CAST IRON.—The use of cast iron has become very general in Russia ; it is - formed into bal conies, staircases, ornaments in relief for the fronts of houses, &c. Prince LABANOFF has lately built a palace at St. Petersburgh, on which he has expended upwards of three millions and a half of roubles, and he has ordered forty two colossal pillars, and the architectural ornaments for the grand front, to be cast at one of the principal iron-foundai•ies in Russia. In the gardens of Zarkozelo an - immense triumphal arch of cast iron was erected some months ago ; this gigantic mass was fitted up in the short space of four days. Since that time the Emperor ALEXANDeR has given orders for the construction of a pavilion, of which the walls, cupola, peristyle, &c. are all to be of cast iron. Yesterday morning, during the heavy fog, as a Gentleman was crossing Lincoln's Inn -fields, and raking a pinch of snuff out of a very valuable box, an audacious young villain snatched it out of his baud, and got clear off with it. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Monday last. The following are extracts : " PARIS, DBC. 14.—Yesterday, before mass, the King received successively the Duchess of Bourbon and Lord Castlereagh. who is preparing to return to London. His Majesty afterwards received the Duke of Orleans. Subsequently the King held a Court, which was numerously at tended. His Majesty still suffers from the gout. " We learn, by way of Strasburgh, that the re mains of the Grand Duke of Baden were removed, on the day of his death (the 8t h inst.), from Ras tadt to Carlsruhe. On the 9th the Public Func tionaries and the Troops took the oath of fidelity to the Margrave Louis, Uncle of the late Duke, who succeeds him. " Intelligence from Berlin announces, that the Committee, chosen from amongst the Members of the Council of. State, has finished the arrange ment of the Projet of a Constitution for Prussia. " The Grand Duke Michael arrived on the Bth inst. at Strasburgh, under the name of General Pasterwitch. After having visited the principal establishments of that city, he proceeded towards Switzerland. " Great progress 'is making in the culture of the sugar cane at the Isle of Bourbon. " The Count Corvetto has received Irons the King the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. " FRANKFORT, DEC. 7.—The Duke of Glou cester is gone to Homburg. " IRuN, Nov. 26.—Considerable sums have been sent with these few days from Madrid to Cadiz, to pay part of the expences of the grand expedition intended for South America. It is impossible to say when it will sail, but the period is supposed to be not far distant. It is under stood that the Count de l'Abisbal (General O'Don nel) is appointed Captain-General of Peru and Chili, with very extensive powers, and that he will have a carte blanche to;act according to cir cumstances. " LAUSANNE, DEC. S.-Letters from Vienna state, that ' the Ex-Hospodar of Wallachia has amassed 50,000,000 of piastres. A part of his suite and equipages arrived here last Sunday. " VIENNA, DEC. 3.—The Emperor and Em press of Austria arrived here this evening. " Lord Stewart, the English Ambassador, ar rived here the day before yesterday from Aix-la- Chapelle. " The departure of the Emperor and Etripress for Italy is fixed for the 10th February." THE Futirps.—Consols have felt another de pression this morning ; they commenced at 78i, went to *, and fell to 781, and the Market looked exceedingly heavy. The accounts from Madrid and Lisbon this morning are reported to be of a most unfavourable tendency, and tif f . Monied Men are very cautious of buying, a further depression being anticipated ; Exchequer Bills are falling rapidly, they are done at from ss. to 15s. prem., but bets are made that they will he shortly done at a discount. Consols at one o'clock were 7818. We find by a Morning Paper that the Author of The Black Dwarf, (for we never read the in famous trash of that periodical disgrace of the Public Press ourselves) " yesterday put forth a number devoted almost wholly to the sub ject of the Gerard's Hall Meeting, and beginning with art article headed MU RDEE !!!" " The article (says the Morning Paper) was the most audacious and libellous, perhaps, ever committed to the Press, accusing Lord SIDNIOUTH of having deli berately sacrificed three lives, and saying of the PRINCE REGENT, if the situation he is supposed to fill require more exertion than „ be is able or w illi ng to give, let hin t —sl. ' it altogether.”—l s i t poss ibl e t h at suc h lang ° 4 T r as this c an b e to l erate d ? H ave we n o ja ws t the protecti on o f A UTHORITY an d the highest! Characters in the Cou n try,, aga i ns t seditiou s ail atrocious libel s o f t hi s d escr ip t i on ? Or vein the Laws be suff ere d t o s l eep , on so outrageous 31 i attack on a most r es p ecta bl e N o bleman, Bun °I I the HIGHEST PERSONAGE in the State ?—We trust, that vigorous measures will be pursued on so d' ag ing a calumny, and the Author he brought to du e punishment. The best security for the FREEDOM° THE PRESS, is to p revent i ts li cen ti ou s abuse, 89 ' , a more audacious abuse of the freedom of th e Press we have befor e never w i tnesse d. The 01 i does not rest here. It may be fairly inferred !Wit Mr. HOBHOUSE entertains political opinions eon' genial with those constantly inculcated in the tO' famous Publication all u d e d to , if we may judg e from the Work imputed to him, an d from his cent Speech in IVestminster ; if, therefore , lie Lit should be able to obtain a seat in Pat liament, might be expected to introduce such opinions i ll the House of Commons,similar lau~ and to use guage in supporting them. Co ns idering the re cent Elections in the City of L ou don and the Borough of Southwark, it is evident that 1° would not want supporters. Would there not b° , a probability then of s ee i ng th e H ou se of mous become a political bear-garden, and it° people at large, instead of having their rigin maintained, and the national interest promote d ' bi their Representatives, see the great Legista ti ' Assembly of the Nai ion converted into a scene of dissection, not less disorderly, turbulent , 011 11 riotous, than the field of a boxing match, o°4 incalculably more disgracef u l, m i sc hievous , sn4 destructive ?—Let the Electors of W e stinins ter look to this, and consider that on their engin:l4 choice of a Parliament a ry R e p resen t a tive &T el ' not only their own honour and interest , b tiri eventually, the honour and interest of the Nat i°e ' and even the very existence of our present E9ta blisliment in Church and State. by a Co" LORD RANRLAGIL—WC are informed - respondent, but we do not vouch for the i 1 7 :1;• and hope it is not well-founded, th a t this 1\ °7 16 man, in consequence of a recent verdict, ° 1)6 ,, ip prevent the necessity of personal attendan c7 o l future on similar occasions, has had Spring Guns made, under his own directing) ; y e of an uncommon size, such as bef o re were i rda heard of. If this report be true, we mus t 1, 0 14 that the Noble Lord has had them made t° ro lsis in terrorem, and not actually to fix on his grl t ,"peA but, at all events, the very rumour AO"' rate as a warning to those who, in Pas sit : r foat and down the Thames, might happen to s e ' on his Lordship's premises. BRIGHTON, DEC. 15.-IJo invitations Is 111 ale been issued for evening parties at the Paciii (nb e p. consequence of the mourning. With the ",4 tion of last evening, his Royal Highness disP eb- i i. with the attendance of his private band of 113 : 1 00 clans, and opOn that occasion their perform' ' were confined to a selection of sacred m &e' from the compositions of HANDEL, HAYDr°,, powersnow by and Mr in etteh, n e beautiful t he W h 15 0 1 , 1 1 room, was also displayed by the [milder st - six o'clock yesterday evening, a person arrivet it the Pavilion, with a Petition to the PEN" I ,er. GENT, in behalf of Cashman and others, w ho ' PO ordered for execution this morning at the ,. of t Bailey. He returned to town about four u° afterwards. Yesterday being Prince LaoPnep's birth o) was observed by his Royal Highness's trade° illuminating their houses in the evening I .o' i e ol g The Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord CA-- ed IIEAGH, immediately on their arrival, p rO to Brighton. „ v ie, Yesterday the Duke of WELLINGTON'S b°ole, containing his Grace's magnificent servic e of p with various other valuable articles of follitot• arrived off Billingsgate, in the River, fr"' o re were, where they %sere embarked, under the of his Grace's under butler. fob e The remains of Lord ELLENBOROUGH °Pe, isIO removed on Tuesday morning next, fronth' s ot its residence in St. James's-square, for inteinie ,i its the Charter-house ; they are to be dencsitesve° the vault by the side of the remains of M r ' re igil TON, its founder, who was interred in she op, of Queen ELIZABETH, upwards of 200 yea r ' His Lordship was in his 69th year. o hl The Prince VALINSKI, one of th e N n ' who accompanied the Emperor of Rosi J t 1 °, 0 0 4 Imperial Master's late visit to this contstr.Y' ves' at Dover on Sunday night from Calais, and op terday arrived at the Fountain Hotel, l ' ts e on his route for London:' e -While takii4F°,en'ets of freshment, heinade inquiries as to any ob.k o curiosity in the city worthy of notice, "' I a nd cortlingly visited our venerable Cethedtaressea public walk of the Dane John-field, and eN ,l l e ) o ne, much admiration at the architecture of tl . e 0 16 and at the publi c sp i r i t w hi c h iy! dicte.t4 :ou r. formation of the other. The object of 11 '` trey to England is for a residence of snme ivo i o n s, in order more leisurely to inspect its i" st s A fford' public buildings, and manners, than wa p a per) ed him on his former visit.—(Canterburg _ ts h ola Three vessels sailed on Saturday l"sniericsl Gravesend for New Grenada, in Sl it m en , en : on board of which were upwards of 5 o G i g eco° !isted by the agents of Si r GREGOR V ~treSs ft 015 'Q bey they principally consisted of paupe rs c a , d i ed, t mechanics. Having been newly ' made a respectable appearance. p4c 14i ha, Che gie hri l pIAI BAri for boll of th e ?Tian olio fore; b nv : - eViVt *as Vrettt Cant ter, ar m , 6,1 ai)ce card ( tN 3 ~~ t• ~ t~ R ~• ~ c sorry, ti geti ev ,ivi e d Thu?! tustfl nneti .SAttir, the 11 4igis 'h o. k igut t tiri tt 100 r, tht• .t tilt! 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